Gwiet is Mark's new word. It's his combination of Quiet and Go Away. He was talkative today. I got told to go away, be quiet, and "love you". And when asked a yes/no question he started chanting "yuppy, yuppy, yuppy". That was completely new so we'll see if it happens again. Regardless there was much joy over the talking and the new words.
I jinxed us. Yup. So I'm not saying another word because I don't want to rejinx us.
We are still staying on the number 3. The plan was to start moving on again this week. But then I discovered that Mark wasn't really transferring/understanding the number thing. He's been ok with giving me things, including random objects but when I asked him to do something he froze up. So we are working on transferring that counting skill to actions as well as objects. For example, tap the table 3 times.
If you all can think of somewhere else I may need to work on that skill with him, please speak up. I'd like to transfer this skill across as many areas as possible while we are still in the beginning stages, that way it will be easier for him to comprehend as the number quantities get larger.
Spelling took a leap at the end of last week. I had already been leaving letters out and having him figure them out. That was actually going really well. Well he got aggravated waiting for me one day and took the board and spelled "do" without any prompting and no guide letters. So, since he was in the mood, I decided to see how spelling would go with no written prompts. And it's gone ok. So far he's got three words that he'll spell correctly 90% of the time with no prompts at all - do, one, and see. The rest vary from day to day. And when I give prompts, it's the phonetic pronunciation of the letter, which is hit or miss right now. I know that he was taught this at one point, but I think it's been so long that he's not remembering. But as of right now we are working the original 10 words with nothing but verbal prompts, and only when absolutely necessary. I'll start adding new words again next week and work them through the cycle. First, word id with textured words so that he can feel the letters as they are traced - both hand written and printed. Then partial spelling with written guides. Then after a week of that, true spelling. He seems to be viewing it as a puzzle, and enjoying it under that guise, although some days are harder for him then others.
I might also start doing some things with the letters phonetically. I have Hooked on Phonics but was holding off until he got further along. I'll look through the materials over the weekend. He also has a Leap Frog video that goes through the letters and their phonetic sounds. And I'm sure if I go hunting online I'll find more resources. I'm just not sure about adding yet another thing on top of the things he is currently struggling with.
Reading has been holding at the current level while the things were going on with spelling. But I'm glad that he made the jump because I was running out of reading material. I have a very extensive collection of primer readers but even that was getting exhausted. So also next week, we'll start moving up to new books with the new words.
The Sparks blog has added reading sentences that focus on sight words. So I'll be adding those to our reading as well. I might add pictures where possible but I'll spend this weekend exploring the options before I print anything.
Anyways, sorry for not updating sooner but it's been busy around here. I'll try to do better. I hope you all are having a good day.
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